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Table II. 



Per 100 Hectares of Arable and Grass Land. 



1930. 



Thus, in 1925, receipts from sheep and wool constituted between 

 one-fourth and one-third of our receipts from the sales of farm stock, 

 excluding poultry, and about one-tenth of the total British agricultural 

 income. 



The main facts regarding our consumption of mutton and lamb in 

 relation to that of other kinds of meat are set out in Table IV (p. 232), 

 prepared from the Marketing Reports in the Ministry's Economic 

 Series. 



Whilst Tables I and II justify the claim of sheep to be regarded as a 

 special feature of British farming, the figures in Tables III and IV show 

 that we must not take an exaggerated view of their importance, even 

 though they are immensely more important to us than to continental 

 farmers. 



In 1925 mutton and lamb brought to the British farmer rather less 

 income than did vegetables, flowers and fruit. Possibly, by now, even, 

 poultry may be more important financially than sheep. 



